The examinations of National Defence Academy, Naval Academy and Combined Defence Services were held peacefully, on Sunday in the district.A total of 3741 and 1934 candidates appeared for National Defence Academy (NDA), Naval Academy (NA) and Combined Defence Services (CDS) respectively.
A total of 31 distributing officers and 13 inspecting officers were deputed for the smooth conduct of this exam while Joint Director UPSC was the observer.Nodal officer for the examination.
The district administration had set up 13 centres including five for CDS and eight for NDA/NA in SCD Government College, Arya College (boys), Khalsa College for Women, Government College for Girls, Kundan Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School, SRS Government Polytechnic College for Girls, Police DAV Public School and DAV Public School.
Deputy Commissioner Surabhi Malik who took round of examination centres, said that the district administration had made elaborate arrangements for the exams and the examinations passed off peacefully.
She said that a total of 5668 candidates had applied for the NDA/NA and 3954 for CDS exams, being conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). NDA/NA exam was held in two shifts from 10 am to 12.30 pm and 2 pm to 4.30 pm whereas CDS exam was held in three shifts from 9 am to 11 am, 12 pm to 2 pm and 3pm to 5 pm.
In NDA/NA exam, a total of 3741 candidates including 2666 male, 1075 female appeared and 1927 remained absent. Whereas a total of 1934 candidates including 1460 male and 474 female took part in the CDS exams and 2020 remained absent.
The mobile phones, IT gadgets, Bluetooth and any other communication devices were banned inside the premises where exams were conducted. Mobile Jammers were deployed for the safety reasons and lot of security deployed inside and outside the examination centres.